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Tuomas Holopainen

Tuomas Holopainen born in Kitee, Finland on 12/25/1976, is Nightwish's keyboardist, songwriter, band leader, and very occasionally, studio backing vocalist. He has been in numerous bands, before Nightwish, that include: Dismal Silence, Nattvindens Gråt, Darkwoods My Betrothed, Sethian and For My Pain. He has studied jazz and classical music and has played piano, tenor saxophone and clarinet in high school, for 12 years. He uses Korg Oasys, Karma, N364, Trinity and Triton keyboard/workstations. One night, in 1996, while sitting around a campfire, Tuomas decided he wanted to work on a music project that would blend traditional folk music with his keyboards, creating a unique sound. He got his old high school friends Emppu Vuorinen (guitars) and Tarja Turunen (vocals) to join his cause. A few months later, in the winter of 1996, he wrote a demo. When he heard the demo, he realised that Tarja's voice was too powerful for acoustic folk music. That is what lead him to introducing electric guitars and drums into the band. Then, Jukka Nevalainen (drums, percussion) and Sami Vänskä (bass guitar) came into the band and completed the original line-up. In 1997, the first Nightwish album was released. It was entitled "Angels Fall First." The second Nightwish album, "Oceanborn", was released in 1998. In 2000, "Wishmaster", their third album was released. In 2002, Marco Hietala replaced Sami Vänskä in bass, and the band released their fourth album "Century Child". In 2004, Nightwish released their fifth album "Once". In 2008, they released their sixth album, "Dark Passion Play", with their new singer, Anette Olzon, on vocals. Anette Olzon replaced Tarja Turunen. Tarja was twelve years in the band (1996-2007). In 2012, Nightwish released their seventh album "Imaginaerum". They made a fantasy movie (Imaginaerum), on November 10, 2012, with soundtracks, the songs of the album.

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